Moomba’s flagship boat, the Makai, puts out a killer wake and wave for a lot of fun on the water with plenty of room for your friends and family. It offers plenty of space and you can customize the seating for your time aboard. It’s an impressively designed wake boat with high performance. The entertainment, action, and comfort of the Moomba Makai are hard to beat.
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00:02 I'm Garrett Cortese, contributing editor
00:14 for Boating Magazine, and today I'm on
00:16 Moomba's flagship boat, the Makai.
00:18 This 24 and a half footer puts out a killer
00:20 waking wave for a lot of fun on the water,
00:23 but it's also got a lot of room for you
00:25 to bring all of your friends and family.
00:27 I'm gonna show you all the features,
00:28 and then later on, team representative Trevor Hanson
00:31 is gonna show you how to set it up
00:32 for the wakeboarding and wake surfing fun.
00:35 With the wide styling of the bow of the Makai,
00:37 you've got tons of room up here for adults
00:39 or a few kiddos, they're gonna love it up here.
00:41 You can take out this center cushion
00:42 to make it a walkthrough, or put it in like it is now,
00:45 have a playpen area, you're gonna have
00:47 a ton of comfort either way.
00:48 You've got storage underneath.
00:50 I like the fact that you've got some gator step,
00:52 both on the sides and here on the bow,
00:54 so stepping in and out, you've got a little more grip,
00:56 and really, it's just a well thought out, nice lounge area.
01:00 So with a boat the size of the Makai,
01:02 the cabin's gonna have plenty of room
01:03 for lots of friends and family to sit comfortably,
01:05 but also have room for all of their stuff.
01:07 What's great about these seats, they're on hinges,
01:09 so it's really easy to access the storage areas.
01:12 I also like that you can slide the rear bench in
01:14 and customize your seating.
01:16 You can add a seat back here,
01:17 so people can just sit backwards
01:18 and watch all the action on the water,
01:20 and it's just a nice, well thought out cabin area
01:23 that's got all the things that you would need,
01:24 cup holders, phone holders, speakers, you name it,
01:27 they've got it in the Makai.
01:28 Another nice feature on this Makai that we're on,
01:30 it's got the Thermoskins interior.
01:31 It won't get hot under sun, so even though this is black,
01:34 you can still sit on it and not burn yourself.
01:36 There's a couple really cool features
01:38 on the tower here for the Makai also.
01:40 You've got tow points up above for wake surfing,
01:42 so you can tow on port and starboard.
01:44 It makes it really easy for those beginning riders,
01:46 they don't have to deal with the rooster tail
01:47 when they're getting up.
01:49 And up above in the Bimini, it's giving you plenty of shade,
01:52 but it's also giving you extra storage.
01:53 You can fit a couple wake surfboards up there
01:55 and get them out of the way.
01:56 And then you've got these board racks right behind me.
01:59 They pivot in and make it really easy to access.
02:01 Plus, they've got extra space,
02:03 so they can hold your wake surfboards
02:04 that are a little bit thicker,
02:05 and keep everything nice and safe and stable.
02:08 Back here at the Trance in the Makai,
02:09 I really like these two lounger seats.
02:12 They're really comfortable to sit on,
02:13 great for if you're tied up at the ski beach,
02:15 or just floating in the water watching the kids swim.
02:18 You've also got a pop-up tow pylon
02:19 if you wanna take those kids tubing.
02:21 And you've got a nice walkthrough area,
02:23 so you don't have to step on your upholstery
02:24 when you're getting in and out.
02:27 Here at the helm of the Makai,
02:28 you've got a nice mix of analog and digital technology,
02:31 which is really easy for the driver to use.
02:33 On the left-hand side, you've got your stereo controls
02:36 and your flow surf controls,
02:37 so you can switch left and right with the flick of a switch.
02:39 On the right-hand side, you've got your analog gauges
02:42 for things like your blower, your lights, and your heater.
02:44 That's another nice option on this Makai.
02:46 You can put the heater system in,
02:47 stay warmer on those cool days.
02:49 And then at the steering wheel, you've got toggle switches.
02:52 For the wake plate on the left
02:53 and the cruise control on the right.
02:55 So you can easily make those adjustments on the fly
02:57 and adjust things for the rider
02:58 without taking your eyes off the water.
03:00 And then here on the top right,
03:01 you've got a touch screen that lets you access
03:03 all of your wake surf and wakeboard systems,
03:06 ballast, speed control, everything that you need.
03:08 Trevor's gonna walk you through all of that
03:10 and show you how to use it to optimize your day on the water.
03:12 And then I like that you've got two wireless chargers.
03:16 You've got one here on the left so you can see your phone
03:18 and one here in the cubby to keep your phones charged all day.
03:20 It's a really well thought out helm area on the Moomba Makai.
03:23 I'm Trevor Hansen, Moomba representative,
03:26 and we're sitting here at the helm of the brand new Makai.
03:29 This boat is loaded with really cool features in the helm.
03:32 They did a really great job of just making it
03:35 a comfortable place to drive from.
03:36 Phone charger, stereo, everything super easy to use.
03:39 But one of my favorite things as a rider
03:42 is how easy the screen is to use for anybody.
03:45 They did a fantastic job with graphics
03:47 that really show you exactly what's going on
03:49 inside the boat.
03:51 As you're adding weight to the boat,
03:52 the graphics will actually show you
03:54 what's happening with the displacement.
03:55 Once you incorporate all that stuff that they've done
03:58 with the auto wake system,
03:59 it just makes it a very easy, seamless system to use,
04:03 regardless of how familiar you are
04:04 with driving a wakeboard boat.
04:06 One of the nice things about the Moomba
04:08 is that it already shows you a lot of stuff
04:10 about your intermediate to advanced level riding
04:13 on the screen.
04:14 So you can go into your presets.
04:16 They have presets for beginners, intermediate, advanced,
04:19 and all the way up to pro level riding.
04:20 So you can just select one of those presets.
04:23 The ballast will fill accordingly.
04:25 Then you can play with your trim settings,
04:26 whether you're going to surf on the right,
04:28 surf on the left.
04:29 It'll let you go in there and customize your plate settings.
04:33 They do a really great job from the factory,
04:34 just giving you some settings that are already great
04:37 right out the gates.
04:38 But if you want to go in there and play with them,
04:40 you can move them up and down.
04:42 And then I always use the center wake plate.
04:44 It's one of the easiest ways to make adjustments.
04:46 When you're at zero, it's going to be as steep
04:49 and as short as physically possible,
04:51 as far as the wake shape is concerned.
04:53 And then as you go closer to 100,
04:55 it's going to make it flatter and a lot longer
04:57 for more of the skim style surfing.
04:59 So it's just a really easy system to use.
05:02 Turn the auto wake system on, let it do it all for you.
05:04 You don't have to worry about moving people side to side.
05:07 Moomba did an awesome job to make this boat
05:09 super easy to use.
05:10 - Over the years, Moomba's made a name for itself
05:14 by bringing value and performance to the wake sports market.
05:18 And that's never been truer than with this 2023 Mackay.
05:21 From front to back, you get all of that.
05:23 You get the comfort, you get the entertainment,
05:25 but you get the great action on the water
05:27 with the wakes and waves.
05:29 As you can see from what Cody and Bo were able to do,
05:32 you can really have a lot of fun,
05:33 whether you're a beginner that's just learning
05:35 or you're a pro.
05:36 This boat really can do it all,
05:38 and you can do it all in style
05:39 'cause it looks great on the water too.
05:41 I'm Garrett Cortese with Boating Magazine.
05:43 This is the Moomba Mackay.
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